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The media is awash with articles and commentary on what Labour leader David Shearer should do next. Other bloggers and commentators have been quick to express their views on how the Labour leader needs to behave, and which direction he needs to take the party in. Commentators seem obsessed with the notion that Shearer must anchor…

There’s an article in the news today claiming that the ancient Greeks and Egyptians came to New Zealand. It is garbage, of course. The idea that these ancient peoples could have made it so far on their flimsy boats is preposterous. There is no evidence that they ever landed in New Zealand. The Romans, on the…

In trawling the internet for material for a post (that I decided not to write – don’t ask) I found a little gem entitled How Excessive Government Killed Ancient Rome on the Cato Institute’s website. For those who don’t know what the Cato Institute is, it is a US-based think-tank beloved of libertarians and anyone…

TVNZ is celebrating 50 years of mostly average programming. This is a mostly average blog with a tendency to copy anything that has worked for others, and I know a bandwagon when I see one. But before I hop aboard let me assure you I have no intention of simply regurgitating some of the execrable…